World War II Honoree

Daniel E. Conway

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Troy, New York

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

SERVED AS A GUNNER OF A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JUNE 13, 1944 ALONG WITH THREE OTHER CREWMEMBERS DURING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATION-TRAINING MISSION. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND WAS DESTINED TO RETURN TO RAPID CITY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OFF, COURSE CRASHED ON CROWN POINT MOUNTAIN, 30 MILES WEST OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. A MEMORIAL MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED ALONG A TRAIL LEADING TO THE CRASH SITE IN MEMORY OF THE AIRMAN.